Amid his grief, Pope Francis prays for the homeless
The Truth News who previously announced that the Pope Francis is in terrible pain, prompting him to cancel his public appearances, now it was announced that even with persistent pain he was drawing attention to the plight of the homeless in winter, including a Nigerian man who froze to death at the Vatican.
On Sunday, Francis asked for prayers for a 46-year-old man named Edwin, who said he was “ignored by everyone, abandoned, even by us.” The Pope said on Jan. 20 that “a Nigerian homeless person was found dead a few meters from St. Peter’s Square because of the cold.”
Remember that I started last week lTemperatures in Rome dropped below freezing at night, moment when the homeless man’s death was acknowledged.
A day after the Vatican said 84-year-old Francis was once again suffering from sciatica, a nerve inflammation that can affect the lower back and legs, the Pope skipped a scheduled Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The 84-year-old pope advocates for sick people while staying away from the public because of the intense pain that afflicts him.
But the Pope appeared in the library of the Apostolic Palace to bless and comment on the gospel and the plight of the homeless.
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Edwin’s case “echoes that of so many other homeless people who have recently died in Rome in the same dramatic circumstances,” said Francis. “Let’s pray for Edwin.”
Pope Francis often uses his papacy to draw attention to the problems of those living on the edge of life, including newly arrived migrants and the homeless. His official chaplain has occasionally distributed sleeping bags to people living on the streets near Vatican City.
It is the second time in the last few weeks that Francisco is bothered from what the Vatican has said is sciatica pain, which forces him to skip events. The latest fight has led him to postpone his annual speech to Holy See-accredited diplomats scheduled for Monday before the start of the year.
Later that day, Francis would be taken to a basilica in Rome to pray with other Christian leaders, but the event would continue without him.
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So far, a six-day pilgrimage to Iraq is still available in early March, a trip Francis hopes to make despite the pandemic and violence that ravaged that country, including a suicide bombing last week that killed 32 people in Baghdad.
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